1. FESTA Gender sensitive PhD supervision Liv Baisner
University of Southern Denmark
Clare O’Hagan
University of Limerick

2. Presentation outline Context Methodology Findings
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Presentation outline
Context
Methodology
Findings
FESTA webtool on Gender Sensitive PhD Supervision
Demonstration

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Context
6 partners engaged in the task: Sweden, Germany, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy and Denmark. WP Leader Denmark/SDU
Growing body of international evidence which demonstrates that women have more negative experiences of PhD supervision process.
Concerned with the way gender affects supervisory relationships and to minimize the negative effect of gendered interactional patterns.

4. Methodology Mapped the PhD Supervision process in each FESTA partner
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Methodology
Mapped the PhD Supervision process in each FESTA partner
Collected empirical data in study circles, focus groups, interviews and workshops
These participative methods facilitated challenging bias
Respondents included 63 PhD supervisors and 54 PhD students in the 6 partner institutions

5. Findings Gender issues can arise at all stages of a PhD.
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Findings
Gender issues can arise at all stages of a PhD.
Gendered expectations of male and female students (and supervisors)
Female PhD students experience more stress and pressure during their studies than men do
Supervision approaches must be adapted to the individual student’s needs.

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Toolkit
Developed a webtool which aims to enhance high quality supervision by offering approaches and tools which will create gender awareness, enhance learning and support students to navigate the PhD journey
It is a how-to, hands-on guide for gender sensitive PhD supervision

7. Webtool: http://www.festatool.eu
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Webtool:

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